The recent jury award of $800,000 to a Maryland renter for a bed bug infestation could understandably have the multifamily and rental housing industries a little on edge lately. Is this lawsuit settlement a harbinger of things to come? Possibly, but at the very least the case highlights a growth in bed bug lawsuits nationwide.

Besting the Bed Bugs According to CDC.gov, bed bugs are described as small, reddish-brown, parasitic insects that feed on both animals and people. These bugs can be found all around the world from North and South America to Africa, Asia, and Europe. Not only are these pests are often a huge pain for property managers to get rid of, these[…]

New information on the apartment industry’s Public Enemy No. 1 is a reminder that vigilance is Job One. A recent report identifies that bed bugs are capable of transmitting the parasite that causes Chagas disease, which the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) lists as an emerging infectious disease. Bed bugs have been found to carry[…]

Do bed bug infestations have seasonal trends? A new study released this week by the University Of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine revealed a significant seasonal cycle in bed bug reporting in Philadelphia.

The latest survey of pest management professionals across the U.S. by the National Pest Management Association confirms what the multifamily industry already suspects: the bed bug problem isn’t going away any time soon.

In what will surely come as no surprise to anybody in the multifamily industry, bed bugs were listed among the newest and fastest-growing complaints that local and state consumer protection agencies dealt with during the past 12 months, according to a recent survey.